Homicide

Homicide: Towards a Deeper Understanding offers an in-depth analysis into the phenomenon of homicide, examining different types of homicide and how these types have changed over time.

Sara Skott is associate professor in criminology at Mid Sweden University. Her research concerns different types and aspects of violence, including exploring violence through Gothic and gendered lenses. Her research also concerns the characteristics and offending pathways of sexual homicide, and the social construction of violence, shaped by different power orders. Some of her recent work has appeared in Critical Criminology, Games and Culture, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Chapter 1: Introduction PART I: Understanding Homicide Chapter 2: What is Homicide? Chapter 3: Homicide in Scotland: Placing murder in context Chapter 4: Theories of Homicide PART II: Different Types of Homicide Chapter 5: Different Types of Homicide in Scotland Chapter 6: Disaggregating Homicide: Explorative Subtypes Chapter 7: Sexual Homicide PART III: Theorising homicide Chapter 8: The Relationship between Homicide and Violence Chapter 9: A Theory of Homicide: Towards a Deeper understanding Chapter 10: Overview and Conclusions